PDGSoft PDG Shopping Cart 1.5 redirect.exe QUERY_STRING memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PDGSoft PDG Shopping Cart 1.5. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file redirect.exe. The manipulation of the argument QUERY_STRING leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2000-0401. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PDGSoft PDG Shopping Cart 1.5 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file redirect.exe. The manipulation of the argument QUERY_STRING with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflows in redirect.exe and changepw.exe in PDGSoft shopping cart allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long query string.

The weakness was presented 05/01/2000 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0401. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11723 (PDGSoft Shopping Cart Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 23008 (PDGCart Software Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2239.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4546), Tenable (11723), SecurityFocus (BID 1256†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-788†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 11723
Nessus Name: PDGSoft Shopping Cart Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 11723
OpenVAS Name: PDGSoft Shopping cart vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Snort ID: 2239
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP redirect.exe access
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02/03/2003 +984 days 🔍
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06/24/2014 +4031 days 🔍
10/16/2025 +4132 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2000-0401 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0401
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15503
X-Force: 4546
SecurityFocus: 1256 - PDGSoft Shopping Cart Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 788 - Buffer Overflow in PDGSoft Shopping Cart Allows Arbitrary Command Execution, High

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 13:07
Updated: 10/16/2025 09:27
Changes: 06/24/2014 13:07 (75), 05/08/2019 18:07 (1), 10/16/2025 09:27 (20)
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Cache ID: 216:7C6:103

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